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Osborne, Michael Robert (1934 - )

 
Mathematician
Born: 26 December 1934
Michael Robert Osborne came to the Australian National University as Head of the Computer Centre in 1966 and retired about 2000 as Professor, Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, School of Mathematical Sciences. His research interests include numerical analysis, mathematical programming and scientific computing.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1957Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
1960 - 1962Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK
1961Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
1962 - 1963Lecturer in Mathematics at Imperial College, University of London
1963 - 1965Assistant Director of the Computer Unit at the University of Edinburgh
1966 - 1976Head of the Computer Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra
1976 - 1977Director of the Computer Centre at the Australian National University (ANU)
1978 - c. 1992Professorial Fellow in Statistics at the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
1983Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1992 - c. 2000Professor of the Statistics Research Section of the School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU
c. 2000 - Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University

 

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